Does your business have a slogan associated with it? If it does, I have a question for you: How closely does that slogan reflect the reality of your business? Words are easy For example, the businesses in every niche claim to offer outstanding customer service, yet this is factually incorrect. If they really DID offer… Continue Reading
Marketing tips and ideas to help you grow your business, by Jim Connolly
Category Archives: Business Development
What everybody needs to know about Value and Trust
If you want to make more sales or attract more high quality clients, you need to understand the following marketing fact: If a prospective client sees enough value in your service and they trust you to deliver it, they will buy from you! Value or trust: Which is letting you down? If people are not… Continue Reading
How to build a better business with small daily decisions
Today’s post is all about how small, daily improvements can help you build an outstanding business. If you found toast dull and uninspiring, you wouldn’t have it for breakfast every day. You’d try something new. You’d mix things up a bit. The thing is, it’s easy to change what you have for breakfast. It’s just… Continue Reading
Stop waiting for guarantees
If you have an idea you’ve been thinking about putting into action, I’d like you to consider the following. What if your idea became a huge success? What if it were to be the start of a pivotal moment in your life? What if it were to be all this, yet you failed to put… Continue Reading
Let Leonardo da Vinci inspire your creativity
On the anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday, I am reminded of something da Vinci said, which had a huge impact on me. Today seems an appropriate time to share it with you. “Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigour… Continue Reading
How to get the attention of prospective clients and motivate them to take action
Here are 2 essential areas to focus on, if you want to attract the attention of prospective clients and inspire them to take action. Once you have improved your listening skills, it’s time to invest in the following. 1: Have something worth saying If you want to get your voice heard by your marketplace, you… Continue Reading
How to get more done in less time AND improve your thinking!
Many people ask me how I manage to run a busy marketing business and still produce so much creative content every day. So, here’s my secret! My secret I figured out a long time ago that there is never enough time to do everything. However, I discovered that you can find the time to do… Continue Reading
There is no such thing as a Little White Lie
In marketing, there’s no such thing as a Little White Lie. Every lie, no matter how small, has the potential to become big and toxic when it’s exposed. Everything changes When we discover someone has lied to us about something, it causes us to question everything else they say. We wonder what bigger lies they… Continue Reading